Help students manipulate phonemes with these phoneme substitution worksheets where students substitute phonemes and search for words in a word search.
Phoneme Substitution Worksheets
Help your students build strong decoding and phonemic manipulation skills with this engaging Phoneme Substitution Word Search Pack. Designed specifically for Year 2 learners, this resource invites students to think, transform, and track sounds as they work through targeted word‑level tasks.
In this phoneme substitution activity students will read a clue such as:
- “Change the e in thresh to an a.”
- “Change the m in mice to n.”
They then:
- Identify the phoneme to be substituted.
- Write the new word created by the substitution.
- Find the new word in the word search, reinforcing accuracy and automaticity.
This multi-step process strengthens phonemic awareness, spelling pattern knowledge, and visual word recognition all at once.
Substitution of Sounds in Different Words
The pack includes substitution of sounds word lists and substitution clues across key Year 2 phonics patterns:
- Initial blends
- Ending blends
- Short vowels
- R‑controlled vowels
- Initial digraphs
- Ending digraphs
- CVCe (magic e) words
- Vowel teams
- Triple blends
This variety ensures repeated, meaningful exposure to the patterns that most influence reading and spelling proficiency at this level.
Download this Phoneme Substitution Worksheet PDF Today
Use the dropdown menu to choose between the easy to print and download phoneme substitution worksheet pdf or the editable Google Slide version.
This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher and Teach Starter Collaborator.
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